Sunday, February 8, 2009
Haven't been out for very long. I was confined last week and had to spend my weekends in camp. Oh well. No one else to blame it except for myself i guess. (:
As I am sitting here typing, my body's aching from the training we had last week. It was crazy. Intense and tiring. But had nothing to do in camp anyways, might as well train all the time away. I lost weight though. THAT'S A GOOD THING! ((((((((:
Have heard alot of stuff flying around. News, rumours etc. Kinda implicated by it all. But i ain't gonna let it affect me. Family's in a mess as of now.
Was in camp reading. Got a call from sister that my mom wanted to leave the home, either by the door or by the window. Wow. What a way to perk you up. I couldn't leave army at home at all as i was confined and my sister was afraid of things that might happen. It was frustrating. I felt. so helpless.
Thought of calling friends who can help me check out on my family. Realised they were climbing mountains at malaysia. HAHA! yes that's right. As i was being confined, i can't join them. I was supposed to go scale a mountain in Malaysia from mon to thurs and return to camp. THAT IS SO DARN FUN. Imagine being out there in the wild with nothing to depend on except for yourself and the friends that are around you. The beauty of nature you can just take in from the surrondings around you.
Don't believe me? Well. My last trip. It was to Gunung Ayam ( yes it's called ayam, chicken) (:
I scaled the start by taking the waterfall trek. My friends and I were walking along until we came to this huge huge waterfall. It's called the waterfall trek cause we would go past the foot of the waterfall. The huge mountain of water came flowing on down and the enormous amount of sound that it makes. It shudders me as I think about it. It was so. Majestic. (:
Then when scaling to the top of the mountain, we came across these beautiful luminous plants. Too bad i didn't have a camera back then or else you would have seen me lagging behind the group and camwhoring away. HAHA!
At base camp (which is the middle of the mountain, usually the resting point), we pitched up tents and played in the waterfall. You could practically climb up the sides of the waterfall and slide down the huge waterslide. IT BEATS ANYTHING. wild wild wet. poooi. Hahas. It was scary, wild and exhilerating at the same time. When you let the waterfall carry you down you will be screaming all the way. And upon impact, the coldness of the water hits you and the adrenaline rush that comes with it is unbeatable. (: Oh yeah. My friend almost drowned as she couldn't swim. Luckily we rushed down the slide to save her. I slide down on bare rock though. (:
On the way down, it was dark and the terrain wasn't helping by being slippery and muddy. We were practically like ice skaters carrying huge loads on our backs. Doing splits and figures of 8 with our shoes that had practically no grip. SO. IN OUR FRUSTRATION.
we sat down on the mud. And slide all the way down.
yes i am not joking. It WAS CRAZY! especially with alot of us being guys, and when there is a root sticking out of the ground that is headed straight for the centre of our legs. No. it was not funny.
But it was fun at the same time. Heh. The thrill of sliding down mud. We could feel the mud collecting in our underwear at the same time. =x
When we reached the foot of the mountain. I was walking with a huge bag of mud dangling from my ass. HAHA!
Anyways.
Alot of things happening in the past week. With all the accusations and all. I just want to shut it all out. (: Thought i could call her. But remembered that we are no longer together. (: oh wells.
Leaving on friday morning at 0200 am. We got together on 13th Jan. Supposed to be one month this fri as well at 0016am. HAHA! WTH! (:
Will be quite awhile before i post again. SO.
All of you out there who reads this.
Take care yeah?
Don't miss me. Heh.
Cheerios.
Cal.
Calvin at 6:26 PM
Sunday, January 25, 2009
How do you celebrate the Lunar New year?
Many people were probably up and early. Getting dressed in their newest and most pretty clothes. Getting mandarin oranges and wishing that today's collection of Hong Baos will be a bountiful one. Money money money! Heh.
I was up at 5am. (WHAT THE HELL are you awake at 5am on a freaking holiday?) I took my bicycle out. And cycled. That was how I celebrated CNY. Wow.
I was supposed to meet my good buddy since sec 1, thats like 8 years and counting, to cycle together at Sembawang MRT at 6am. I was there early and waited. I waited some more till I realised he wasn't going to turn up. Gave him a call. Hello hello. Where are you?
Sorry sorry, I am still at home. Me: Oh okie. Why not this way. I cycle down to khatib and meet you instead? And off I went. Cycling along the road was pretty peaceful. No cars no nothing at all. Just you and a long long road. Good for clearing your mind off matters. (:
Anyways, I reached khatib without much fuss or anything and I gave him another call, knowing he will still be asleep definitely. I was right. And he said he will be down as soon as possible.
So I just waited around. It started to drizzle. Then out of the blue, I saw a figure cycling towards me. I was like god, I am so screwed.
Steven's attire was as such : bicycle helmet on, bicycle with thin racing wheels, and some dri-fit outfit that those competitive cyclist all wear.
MY ATTIRE: no helmet, just a fine crop of hair.. An old bike that is huge and bulky. Guess what was I wearing? My JC pe shorts and a shirt that I just found hanging inside my cupboard. Did I mention I wasn't wearing a helmet? Haha. At this point of time, I was like oh shit. What should I do? AHHHH. F*** it, I only live once anyways, just whack. (:
So off I went and cycling behind him. No wait, cancel that. I was trying to cycle behind him as I was playing catch up most of the time. Even when going downslope, his bike would like break away and I would be far far behind.
I was dying as I peddled and I tried my very best. Somehow I survived till I arrived at Casurina's prata shop. Had a great breakfast. Seriously, after cycling so much, I don't really care about the fats and oils and all. (:
Cycled back and he sent me home to sembawang as a form of apology. Thanks bro, you were there when I needed someone. (:
Anyways, on another note so as to not put too much pressure on karishmaaa. I AM SO SO SORRYGIRLS! I can't make it on wednesday as I need to return to army. But please don't cancel the gathering because of me. You girls all just go as a class gathering and have ice cream together! I am sorry truly. And I feel so guilty. Sorry girls. ):
Calvin at 10:03 PM
Friday, January 23, 2009
What a day indeed. I started off the long day doing the long data research job for her and I am totally exhausted now. When I thought I could finally catch some sleep, my dad awakes me by knocking loudly on the door. ):
Anyways. That's past and done. I can't get back to sleep anyway so I thought might as well drop an entry. (: I have been reading my old old chicken soup for the soul series again and it has enlightened me a lot. In many ways more then one. I realized that I really had grown as a person and am so in love with doing camps right now. The smiles and laughter. And the beautiful memories. (:
It's certainly a beautiful thing how one can impact lives in just a mere 3 days 2 night. Or make you not want to leave each other forever in just a mere 5 days 4 nights. (: heh. Its most heartwarming to see others grow and bond together. But how about me? Have I grown in any way? Besides growing fatter and rounder that is. (:
I did the st marg's camp recently and I must say that it was the most beautiful camp I have ever done. It started off slowly, and ended slowly as well. I have learnt a lot from the campers and I have seen many beautiful moments. I look forward to seeing these girls again. Someday. Who knows?
It seems that when i am down nowadays, i just simply recall the memories of the camp. I recall the girls surronding ismail or saliha and go heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy hey trainer, oomphh ahhhh. I wannna knnoooowww if you are giving us points. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8! Then i will pop in and ask, are you gonna give. Dont give? HIT IT! oh when the saints, go marching in. oh when the saints go marching in. Hola i want to be in the number. oh when the saints go marching in. (: never fails to cheer me up and put a smile on my face. I am smiling as i type this. (((((((((((((:
I was walking home yesterday after seeing the doctor after NUH. The doctor threw many bombs on me. He told me that a bone had grown out of my injury and that bone was not supposed to be there. I was like o.0 So doc, what should I do? Should I go for an operation? No no, not necessary says he. Just don't run and walk too much for two months and it will heal by itself. TWO FREAKING MONTHS! SO LONG! OMGOMG. Stupid doctor. Just spoilt my day totally. I love running a lot. Haven't been doing so for like 2 months because of this injury. And he tells me to not run even longer. Boo. Can't participate in competitions like XPHYSIQUE and National Vertical Marathon. Sighs.
Anyways, back to the bit of returning home. I was stepping out of the train and walking towards the escalator when I saw this Indian mother with her young daughter. The daughter was not more then 3 years old I believe. Darn cute. Haha. The mother walked towards the escalator and stepped down, however the daughter was afraid and didn't step onto the escalator. She was in fear as she saw her mom going further and further away from her. (This is the part where you go OH NO)
I was behind the daughter. What did I do?
I lifted her gently by the arms and placed her on the escalator. She was so frightened that she quickly grabbed my hand. Her tiny hand against my big fat one. It was so cute. She gave me a toothless grin that would melt any heart and a huge smile. It just made my day. When we were approaching the end of the escalator, she let go of my hand and lifted her arms automatically, for me to carry her off the escalator. SO CUTE!
Practice random acts of senseless kindness. Read that in chicken soup. Well. Certainly did put it to use. (:
Calvin at 2:53 AM
Friday, January 16, 2009
am bacck.
i got home like 2 am last nite. crazily late.
it had been a long week. i barely slept like 8 hrs for the entire week. think i will go and pig out even more later. am having some audit in the army next week and i am busy preparing for it. ):
some updates though,
am flying off to brunei, yes liz its brunei, on 12 feb. shucks. it seems so near!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. i thought could spend more time in singapore. and my stupid friends jus went to island creamery yesterday. And they were tellin me about good the ice cream was, how many st marg's girls were there. ): and guess wad was i doin at that point of time?
rakin leaves in the camp. -_-""
heh. oh well. gotta catch some shut eye for awhile.
cheerios. (:
p.s. i jus realised my play count for David Cook's Alway be My baby has hit almost 300 times. heh.
Calvin at 7:25 PM
Saturday, January 10, 2009
i believe they call this a photo montage. (:
our first ever grp photo taken. (:
the pretty ladies. (:
singapore's got talent. (:
singapore's got talent part 2
liz and karishmaaaaaa.
rachel,soyeon,felicia with her cute pose and sarah(:
calvin: trina! what's with that pose?
trina: just take the picture lar!
the smiles on the faces says it all. (:
cheerios.
Cal.
Calvin at 6:22 PM
this little post is entitled st margaret's secondary school. (:
the camp that really changed my life.
where shall i start. i signed up to do this camp like in nov. and ever since i have been anticipating for it. i know it will be great. jus didnt expect it to blow me away. (: during the briefin i was like finally finally. ITS COMING!
i arrived at the school early early. like got there arnd 6 am. the nite before i was like some excited camper. couldnt sleep. i was smilin like mad. got into school canteen with ace. got some sandwiches and Vitasoy!!
when i first met my class. i was really really excited. cuz i got the class list the nite before, and i knew i was gonna take 3/2 group 3. i was like readin the names over and over. realised valentina (nice name huh) was my leader. (: took attendance and started playin! (: rah rah them in school. realised they were so shy and quiet. but noted my grp very loud! yay.
went to sarimbun campsite. in the bus i was talkin to them. inside i was very nervous. heh. didnt know how they felt about me. now i do. They were like OMG IS THIS MY TRAINER! hahas.
the first day flew by really quickly. they drew this picture of me. charmaine and liz i think. oh so cute lar.
we proceeded on the day pretty easily. i knew that they weren't too enthu about the camp yet. dont blame them. but i knew it will be definately better for the rest of the days!i was not wrong. second day was a blast. like totally. high elemets. flyin fox. could see the BEEEEEG smile on their faces. it was a much better day. felicia overcame her fear of heights today. (: janice imitated me at the campfire the exact same thing! heh. alot of smiles all around. did the low wall. saw ppl flyin over the wall! soe yeon was so funny. (: did entrapment too. girls leadin their buddies along. it was so cute watchin them. they got like omg 15000 bonus points. WOW. it was certainly a great day!
the third day begun with them doin water activities. IT WAS DARNNNNNNNNN FUN! milo pond milo pond milo pond. (: need i say more. the net, the slide, the rafts. had outdoor cooking. the girls really cooked really well! (: am proud of them. they shared everything. thanks karishma. i was actually hungry. but i didn't want u girls to go hungry too. rather i go hungry then u girls. (: had fire making and they built a really large fire!
day 4 begun with me at the frog station. heh. marbles! girls pls get into a circle. read out the instructions on the piece of paper pls. in the shortest and safest way possible, pass the given item arnd the cirle. i am gonna let u pass marbles. wait for sigh of relief from the girls. when they really believe that its passin marbles, put hand into pail, take out MARBLES! anticipate screams. hahas!
my group, to be honest, was the only grp that didnt run off. they were like oh so cute! karishma kissed it. (: haha. was really proud of them.
campfire. totally rocked. the group performance of 3/2 definately touched me. i realised that i really loved these girls. (: they were really really special. in many ways more then one. the campfire passed on. to be honest. deep down. i was startin to feel sad. cuz i knewthey were gonna leave soon. ahhhh. when i started singing out always be my baby. tears started to well up. 3 doors down here without you. apologise by timberland. (:
the final debrief that nite was difficult for me. they were certainly the bestestestest group ever to me. (: stayed up tat nite. i was like tryin hard not to sleep but i knew i had to reply everysingle one of them. valentina, fion, trina, karishma, charmaine, elizabeth, soyeon, joanne, durga, mallory, felicia, sarah, xin yu, rachel! (: missed u girls certainly. ((:
the final day came. i was tryin hard not to let the girls know about it. but i knew i had to. after they changed, i sat them down.
let karen talked to them first. then i started. when i was done. everyone cept for charmaine and karishma and mallory was cryin. i couldnt take it. jus broke down. =x
i asked saliha to let me go back to the school with them as i wanted to be with them a little longer. (: luckily i could. yay!
when i reached back to the school, ireally wished it was me boardin the bus. jus departing to sarimbun again. i knew i had to leave the school. or else the girls would cry even more. i couldnt bear to see them cryin. ):
girls.
you were really special. thank you for all the beautiful memories you all gave me. 3e2 totally rocked. you made me feel so attached to all of u. everysingle one of you. all teh smiles, laughter and tears. dont thank me. i didnt do anythin at all. it was you girls who made it such a beautiful moment. i will be leavin in feb for brunei and i cant do any camps soon. it will be a great parting present for me. (: i made a lot of new friends and learnt alot about everyone of u. what a camp indeed. (: i really dont know what else to say as i am sweatin in here. heh. thanks so much.
ralph lauren. (: rawked my socks.
we're still the bestestestest group forever! (:
its time to say goodbye.
its time to move on.
each a different way.
and each a differnt road.
one day my friend.
maybe we will meet again. (:
cal.
Calvin at 7:25 AM